Foxy Digitalis
So much of John Atksinson’s solo work is tactile, which is doubly true on his newest, Energy Fields. Using field recordings made during a 2019 residency at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming – the largest coal-producing state in America – he turns them into a revenant, engaging reflection. Meditative sinew ties the sonic spaces together, but […]
East Portal’s debut album keeps finding its way into the back of my mind. John Atkinson and Patrick Taylor continually make surprising, unexpected choices as the record veers between discordant ledges and drifting valleys, combining the two disparate threads with elegance. Electronic silhouettes morph into the shadows of spiraling acoustic arrangements; pensive dreams become stagnant realities. It’s […]
East Portal is the duo of John Atkinson and Patrick Taylor and on their self-titled debut, electro-acoustic explorations become angular playgrounds of washed-out neon where reflections are memories, and memories last forever. “Untitled #3” is an inquisitive lamentation built primarily on bass, clarinet, and pedal steel. For this project, Taylor played most of the instruments […]